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'Pee-gate': DGCA urged to withdraw suspension of pilot-in-command
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IANS | 26 Jan, 2023
Air India Joint Action Forum - a group of six unions, on Tuesday
appealed to aviation regulator DGCA to withdraw the suspension of the
pilot-in-command of an Air India flight in connection with the urination
incident that occurred on November 26 last year.
In a
letter to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the forum
said that the due process of investigation has not been followed and
vital steps in the investigation and enforcement have been skipped.
The unions have appealed to the DGCA to withdraw the harsh punishment and suspension of the pilot-in-command.
The
forum represents six unions -- Indian Pilots Guild, Indian Commercial
Pilots Association, Air Corporation Employees Union, Air India Employees
Union, All India Cabin Crew Association and Airline Pilots Association
of India.
The letter written on Tuesday has also been marked to the Civil Aviation Minister, Aviation Secretary, CEO and COO of Air India.
Earlier,
on Tuesday, Air India said it had closed the internal probe into the
case and will also assist the flight's pilot-in-command with an appeal
against the suspension of his licence.
According to the letter, the entire crew comes under the judicial and operational control of the pilot-in-command.
"It
is in this light that the pilot-in-command signed all reports and then
directed the cabin supervisor to forward all reports to the company and
its senior officers instantly upon landing to discuss the next step with
the company, which was done and verified. Given the actual facts and
non-existence of any eyewitnesses, it was decided by the
pilot-in-command in consultation with his crew, that the passenger in
seat 8C (Shankar) Mishra was not unruly, and could not be classified as
unruly," said the letter.
DGCA on January 20 imposed a fine of Rs
30 lakh on Air India and suspended the license of the pilot-in-command
for three months in the incident which occurred on November 26, 2022.
Moreover,
the regulator also imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on the director of
in-flight services of Air India for failing to discharge duties.
Earlier,
on Monday, All India Cabin Crew Association said that the derostered
Air India crew in connection with the Air India urination case should be
rostered back on flights, terming the action against the
pilot-in-command an unusually harsh punishment.
In a letter
issued on Monday, the cabin crew body also termed the findings of an
internal committee in the Air India urination case "flawed".
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